Anyone who has experienced the heartbreaking mental decline of a loved one afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease understands the urgency and importance of taking precautions to ensure the person’s safety. As the disease progresses, people with Alzheimer’s experience progressive loss of memory and other intellectual abilities. Many patients have a tendency to wander from places of safety, which, once familiar, can suddenly seem alien to them.
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It all started, as so many good things do, with a box full of fake eyeballs. A curious student doing a diploma in Ophthalmic Science in Auckland, New Zealand, was using the fake eyes not as we might do, to scare our little sisters, but instead to practice performing retinal scans. Once he had gotten his fill of fakes, he turned to scanning anyone who would sit still long enough:
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The old adage that you can do whatever you set your mind to has certainly skyrocketed to ambitious new levels lately for the collective whole. When you hear the saying as a child, it’s believable perhaps, but often as we grow older we realize it’s not possible to do whatever you want without the correct tools, and that can often be a tall—and costly—order.
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There’s no doubt that bioprinting, along with various other medial applications within the the 3D printing space will change medicine significantly over the coming decades. We’ve seen tremendous progress being made across the board from 3D printed medical implants to 3D printed human tissue and prostheses which have helped thousands of individuals live fuller, more productive lives.
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The physics researchers who discovered graphene said, while they were picking up their Nobel Prize, that its discovery would change the world. Graphene is not the first discovery said to be world changing, nor will it be the last. But it is one of the few that looks to be coming very close to living up to its discoverers’ promise.
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